Berliet PCM

The Berliet PCM was an urban bus built by the French maker Berliet from 1965 to 1971, the maker answer to the standard bus specification set in 1958 by the RATP and the UTPUR: a length of 11 metres, a flat floor no more than 63.5 cm above the road, and a 150 horsepower engine lying under the driver. Berliet, SAVIEM and Verney each showed a prototype on 23 March 1962, and Verney withdrew almost at once. The angular lines were drawn by the stylist Philippe Charbonneaux, and the aluminium body was bolted to a low frame with side members. 750 PCM-R buses were delivered to the RATP. Variants included the double-deck PCMR-E, of which the RATP ordered 25 in 1967 but found that passengers would not climb to the low upper floor, 16 PCM-UC for Marseille with the heavier steel body of the PH, and the shorter PGR with a Berliet four cylinder engine in place of the MAN unit.